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A. J. TOWER.

OVEROOAT. I No. 310,095. Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

Fig z? Fig-i A/LTNEEEES i ENTUR NITED STATES ABNER J. TOWER, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

OVERCOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,095, dated December30, 1884.

Application filed February 26, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER J. Townn, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Coats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in coats adapted to be used onhorseback; and it relates particularly to that class of horsemens coatswhich are oiled or otherwise rendered water-proof, so as to protect thewearer from the weather.

The object of the invention is to construct a coat in a more simple andefficient manner than has heretofore been accomplished, which will, whenthe wearer is on horseback, lie over the saddle in such a manner that,although the body of the coat is necessarily spread apart, the clothingand saddle, both in front and rear, are so well protected that no raincan drive in and wet either the one or the other.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicatelike parts, Figure 1 is a View showing portions of a horse andrider, the latter wearing a coat embodying my improvement. The positionof the pommel and cantle of the saddle is indicated by broken lines.Fig. 2 is an elevation or front view of the coat in proper position forwalking. Fig. 3 is a view with the front laid back, the better toillustrate the invention.

A is the body of the coat, provided with sleeves A, as usual.

The lines a represent what would in an ordinary coat be the front edges;but if the front edges were at a neither the pommel S nor the cantle Sof the saddle would be covered; hence I construct the coat so as to formextensions or flaps B, about equal in size,

substantially triangular in shape, broadest near their centers, andadapted to button together centrally in front of the wearer when in useon horseback. These flaps B taper from the collar or top of the breastin an increasing width to below or about the waistline, where theirgreatest width is attained, and then taper recedingly to near or about(No model.)

the bottom of the skirt of the coat. The ordinary flap, 0, is usually,but not necessarily, applied to one of the extensions B. Theseextensions may be integral with or sewed to the body A of the coat. Whenthe wearer is walking, the extensions may be buttoned across the center,as shown in Fig. 2; but when on horseback the front edge of eachextension or flap B reaches, but does not pass across, the center infront of the wearer, and said edges are buttoned together, and thusstand out from or give a fullness to the front of the coat, whereby thewearer is enabled to spread the coat out, so as to take within itscompass both the pommel and cantle of the saddle, wholly inclosing thesaddle and protecting it and the wearer from rain and snow. The ordinaryor storm flap 0 is of great utility in this use of the coat, it beingbuttoned over the united flaps, as shown in Fig. 1, and serving as anadditional safeguard against the driving in of rain or snow. The shapeof the extensions may not be an exact triangle, as the corners may besomewhat rounded, if desired; but it will not Vary materially from thatillustrated in the drawings, as the shapeshown is found to be the bestto fit over a horses back in front of the pominel and leave room for therear of the saddle within the coat; or the outer lines of the extensionsmay be somewhat concave or convex without departing from the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved coat herein shown and described, having the flaps B at eachof the front edges, and extending expansively from the neck to thewaist, and thence contractively to or near the skirt-bottom, andprovided with fastening means to cover the wearers body and legs and thewhole of the saddle, including the pommel and cantle, as set forth.

ABNER J. TOWER.

